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# A German Man Was Evicted Because His Sex Swing Was Too Squeaky

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[Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/)


## Laura Stampler


Aug 22, 2014 9:11 PM UTC

![A new Swingers club,](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt914e07f2fc96bf0f/6986a0a1e53abac1b44d4205/470127965.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

Here's an example of one.

Here's an example of one. Rick Madonik—Toronto Star via Getty Images

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[Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/)


## Laura Stampler


Aug 22, 2014 9:11 PM UTC

It turns out that the only worse thing than having upstairs neighbors who tap dance or have a newborn is living in the same apartment as a man with a very squeaky sex swing (and a very active, um, social life).

A German court ruled Friday that a landlady had the right to evict a tenant who broke his rental agreement of keeping quiet between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. by using his “very old,” loud, chain sex swing, the Associated Press reports. Neighbors filed numerous complaints since the swing’s 2012 installation.

The court said that by using the swing late at night, it “would no longer correspond to normal rental use, and must therefore not be tolerated as socially acceptable,” AP reports.

\[[_AP_](http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/german-man-evicted-squeaky-swing-set-sex-prop)\]

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